Make sure you dress the part- You should not show up to an
interview in jeans and a t-shirt. Dress
for the job you want, not the job you have.
People evaluate you based on a first impression. If you don’t bring your “A” look to the
interview you are fighting against that first impression for your whole entire
interview.
Entry level college graduates- I am not sending you into
this job hoping that you will be able to convince them to like you based on
your personality alone. You have some
good experience. You should be able to
entice a potential interviewer based on projects that you worked on, class work
that you did, a thesis. You still have things to talk about.
Be early to the interview- Some of my friends (you know who
you are) are walking GPS transmitters.
You should still plan to be there at least 20 minutes+ ahead of any
interview. You are going to pay the
price for not assuming that there will be extra traffic.
Story telling = success- You can call it the “star”
method. You can call it in Lou Adler’s
words the “SAFW” format. Either way you
need to be able to describe and succinctly give a tale about specific things
you did at past jobs. Gone are the days
when people would give you a shot. The
same goes for internal interviews to get promoted at a job. If you master the ability to communicate
regarding successes that you have had at an interview, you will be 2 steps
ahead of a majority of candidates.
Have a “big idea” that you hope to impart to an
interviewer. This could be similar to
your objective statement, and how you foot the bill. “I save companies time and money”. “I find and solve problems”. “I have excellent experience fixing cars”. Once you find your big idea, you just need to
share that creatively in an interview.
What do I get as an interviewer from your experience that would help me
to hire you?
Last but not least, leave your cell phone in the car. It is distracting, it could go off. When I meet candidates, and the phone goes
off in their pockets, its extremely distracting even on vibrate, and it counts
against your overall impression with an employer.
EARN the job you want by imparting your “Big idea” and
working with your partners to position yourself for success. This could be the person who found you for the job, this could be the asking good questions to the interviewer, this could be a networking call you make to help you find where you want to be.
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